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If you are using this quote from this article to show that Starr believes all students should be lumped in the same classroom -- well, no, it doesn't show that.[/quote]

It is just what I, and others, have said. Stop embarrassing yourself.

http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Blogs/Education-Matters/January-February-2013/MCPS-Superintendent-Says-Mixed-Ability-Grouping-is-Here-to-Stay/

"MCPS Superintendent Says Mixed-Ability Grouping is Here to Stay"

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1. The article says, "He acknowledged that there may be legitimate reasons for grouping students by ability at times, but he came down solidly against the practice as a “wholesale policy.”"
2. "Tracking" is not necessarily the same as "ability grouping", and "mixed-ability grouping" is not the same as "everybody gets the same thing always".
2. He's right about tracking. Tracking children may or may not be good for children who have affluent, educated parents and no disabilities. It is absolutely terrible for children who don't. Now, you may say, "I'm not sacrificing my child's education to some abstract idea of social justice!" and I would agree with you. That is why I live in Montgomery County instead of DC. But, on the other hand, you know what else isn't good for your child? Living in a society with a lot of income inequality and inequality of opportunity. And I say this not (just) for reasons of social justice, but because societies with a lot of income inequality and inequality of opportunity are economically less productive and politically more unstable.

MCPS is a large, heterogeneous public school system. While it exists for your child, it does not exist solely for your child, or for children like your child. It also exists for the children of lots of people who are not like you. Even if you wish it didn't.[/quote]

AMEN![/quote]

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